My PO (at some point) must have lost his key or become fed up with the gas cap and made his own with a screwdriver. I have read about other owners having issues with those lockers, so I just kept the same screwdriver that the PO was nice enough to throw into the glove box when we made the deal - works great. I like the ritual of the whole thing as well. I rather enjoy pulling up to a pump where some "new-to-towner" is there with his/her $50K SUV....and I whip out a screw driver to unlock my gas cap. But, I'm in Montana so we don't have much in the way of vandal problems - just unibombers and such ;) I did see on Mythbusters once, however, that sugar doesn't do a thing to an engine when dumped into a gas tank (not trying to open a Friday-esque discussion though). But, I'm sure enough of anything poured down there would do some damage - I'd have an official locker in CA too. For me, the screwdriver offers just the right amount of security and function, all in a nice Western grease monkey package. > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:35:18 -0800 > From: oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM > Subject: Re: Vgon Locking gas cap - I hate it!! > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I hear this from time to time, but I've had no problems whatsoever with the > locking caps on both of my 84's years. And no, a screwdriver will NOT > unlock them either unless the internal tumbler/wafer system is destroyed by > one "forcing it". Living in Southern California like I do, I would NEVER > run a Non-Locking Gas Cap. That's just asking for "dirt" or "sugar" trouble > from a vandal. > > Volkswagen VERY briefly made a Non-Locking Cap, but this almost two decades > ago. Perhaps Stant or Robert Shaw (aftermarket cap manufacturers) make one. > > Chris Turner ( jordanvw@aol.com ) has 'em once in awhile, maybe has a bucket > full of 'em. > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > *********************************** > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 2:26 PM, John Baker <busvwzen@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Here's a question for all you Vanagon guys. My 85 has > > a locking gas cap and it is a PITA!! Does anyone > > make\sell a non-locking cap for these buses?? Anyone > > wanna trade a non-locker for my locker?? > > > > PEACE! > > John Baker _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/ |
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